tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647997625948576549.post630814169168974251..comments2017-04-27T04:46:57.370-04:00Comments on Ready, Set, Happily Ever After Disabled Bride: Put Off By A Pushy PreacherKatiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05609298657458854084noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647997625948576549.post-73469513108330495902011-06-28T11:24:27.178-04:002011-06-28T11:24:27.178-04:00MisguidedAmbition: You might try checking out the ...MisguidedAmbition: You might try checking out the Unitarian Universalist Church.... Just thought I'd throw that out there. Every one is different, but they all have a similar "moral code" so to speak. Worth a look.E Soleilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04782601468008587223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647997625948576549.post-7229734458828254502011-06-24T16:49:52.108-04:002011-06-24T16:49:52.108-04:00Isn't it amazing what a bad first impression w...Isn't it amazing what a bad first impression will do? These men are supposed to be the ambassaders of their faith ushering people in to experience the followship you're talking about. Not heavy fistedly turning people away. Believe me, God is not keeping score and deciding who to love.Katiehttp://www.disabledmom.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647997625948576549.post-21501707535262931072011-06-24T13:12:44.866-04:002011-06-24T13:12:44.866-04:00I'm so sorry you had such a tough visit. Danie...I'm so sorry you had such a tough visit. Daniel and I experienced a similar greeting when he brought me to meet the rabbi at the temple he'd gone to for two decades of his life. Instead of, "Daniel, it's so good to see you again!" it was, "I won't do this or this or this, you need to do this and this and this," guilt guilt guilt. I'd been speaking with Daniel for months about my feelings on converting to Judaism before our marriage. I was very open to the idea considering my non-secular childhood and all the Jewish traditions I was used to from Oma and Opa. I fully intended to convert, be wed, and raise my children Jewish. But when I met this rabbi, a rabbi of a reform temple (which is supposed to be the most modern, most open minded, most welcoming class of Judaism), I was so soured by his greeting of someone who had been faithful to him for twenty years and had only recently stopped attending because he'd moved to Memphis that I was appalled and completely reassessed my interest in the strict and cold embrace he'd sought. <br /><br />Part of me still wants to be involved in some kind of religion, not to become part of a herd of fearing followers (can you tell I'm Michael's sister) but just to meet some new people and become part of a community of people who think as I do and adhere to a strict moral code, people who do the right thing because they know it is a good thing to do, not because they are afraid of what will happen if they don't. But until I find a place where I am welcomed without question or threat, I guess I'll just stick to my reading.Homemade-Valentinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10951503830499214511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647997625948576549.post-71642090210108956402011-06-24T11:32:17.433-04:002011-06-24T11:32:17.433-04:00I am SO sorry this happened to you...Episcapel (sp...I am SO sorry this happened to you...Episcapel (sp??) Church very much like the Catholic Church..which is why I attend a FUMC!! Open Hearts, Open Doors, Open Minds!!-Aunt AimeeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7647997625948576549.post-2068766649738839272011-06-24T11:27:25.193-04:002011-06-24T11:27:25.193-04:00Aww...that's to bad! I'm glad you found an...Aww...that's to bad! I'm glad you found an alternative. CindiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com